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2000s: Rose Gold Watts believed she was sick for eighteen years.Turns out her mother is a really good liar.
The Recovery of Rose Gold
What you need to know before your trail
Rose Gold Watts believed she was sick for eighteen years.
She thought she needed the feeding tube, the surgeries, the wheelchair . . .
Turns out her mother is a really good liar.
After five years in prison, Patty Watts is finally free. All she wants is to put old grievances behind her, reconcile with her daughter – and care for her new infant grandson.
When Rose Gold agrees to have Patty move in, it seems their relationship is truly on the mend.
But Rose Gold knows her mother. Patty won’t rest until she has her daughter back under her thumb. Which is inconvenient because Rose Gold wants to be free of Patty.
Forever.
Only one Watts woman will get her way.
Will it be Patty or Rose Gold? Mother or daughter?
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A tale inspired by Munchhausen by Proxy
This is not a book suitable for a trail as such, but it does highlight the lengths to which some people will go to get attention. A mother claims their daughter is sick to claim benefits, have constant visits to hospital and be looked after, and be some kind of celebrity getting gifts. The story seems to closely mirror that of Gypsy and Dee Dee Blanchard.
Dee Dee had been making her daughter pretend to be younger, disabled and chronically ill, subjecting her to unnecessary surgery and medication, and controlling her through physical and psychological abuse. The daughter, Gypsy Rose ends up killing her mother and pleads guilty to second-degree murder and is serving a 10-year sentence in jail.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Recovery of Rose Gold
Destination: USA Author/guide: Stephanie Wrobel Departure Time: 2000s
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